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Re: Webpage statement
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Alfred M. Szmidt |
Subject: |
Re: Webpage statement |
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Mon, 10 Jan 2005 15:01:20 +0100 |
VHDL is that and has been around longer
V-Hardware Descriptive Language
Wher the V is shortened from VHSIC= Very-High-Speed Integrated Circuit
I don't see the recursion in VHDL, it is just a abberviation.
VHDL
==>
V-Hardware Descriptive Language
==> { expansion of V }
VHSIC-Hardware Descriptive Language
==> { expansion of VHSIC }
Very-High-Speed Integrated Circuit-Hardware Descriptive Language
Compare this with GNU:
GNU
==>
GNU's Not Unix
==>
GNU's Not Unix's Not Unix
==>
GNU's Not Unix's Not Unix's Not Unix
==>
...
And the Hurd:
HURD
==>
HIRD of Unix Replacing Deamons
==>
HURD of Interfaces Representing Depth of Unix Replacing Deamons
==>
HIRD of Unix Replacing Deamons of Interfaces Representing Depth of Unix
Replacing Deamons
==>
...
Thus Hurd is not the first software to be named by a pair of
mutually recursive acronyms.
Yes it is.
- Webpage statement, Jon Roadley-Battin, 2005/01/10
- Re: Webpage statement,
Alfred M. Szmidt <=